Kama La Mackerel
Multidisciplinary Artist; Writer; Literary Translator; Educator; Joseph S. Stauffer Prize (2021)
Kama La Mackerel is a Mauritian-Canadian writer, visual artist, performer, and literary translator based in Montreal. Born in Pamplemousses, Mauritius, to a mixed-race Kreol and Tamil family descended from enslaved and indentured people, they work across performance, photography, textiles, and literature on migration, gender, and belonging. Their debut poetry collection, ZOM-FAM (2020), was named a CBC Best Poetry Book and shortlisted for the Dayne Ogilvie…
About
- Pronouns
- They/Them
- Heritage
- Mauritian Kreol (Afro-descendant) and Tamil
- Location
- Montreal, Quebec
- Languages
- English; French; Mauritian Kreol